Conventional axial flux motors typically include multiple rotors and stators resulting in a larger and heavier motor. Additionally, conventional axial flux motors include a housing to protect the rotors and stators, but the housing is often difficult to seal from the environment leading to risks of contaminants (e.g., dirt, water) infiltrating the motor and causing failure over time. The present invention overcomes these limitations by disclosing an axial flux motor with a single rotor and two stators. The use of a single rotor reduces the size and weight of the motor. An inboard housing and an outboard housing mechanically support the two stators and are joined together to define an interior cavity. A ring seal is disposed between the two housings to ensure the interior cavity is sealed. Additionally, the two stators may actuate multiple degrees of freedom (DOF) including the rotation of a wheel and actuation of a suspension.

In an axial gap motor, a rotor is rotatably supported and a stator is placed to face the rotor with a gap in a first direction parallel to a shaft of the rotation. A core of the stator is formed by stacking of thin plates that can be penetrated by magnetic flux in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A plurality of thus formed cores are fixed to a yoke. Here, each of the plurality of cores includes a plurality of fitting portions in positions at a side facing the yoke, and the yoke includes a plurality of attachment portions corresponding to the plurality of fitting portions of the core in positions in which each core is fixed.

A rotor for an axial flux motor and a method of manufacture includes a rotor core having a rotor hub with a plurality of spaced apart fingers radially extending from the rotor hub and forming a magnet pocket between adjacent fingers and into which a magnet is inserted, where the rotor core is formed of a plurality of layers of material arranged into a layer stack, with each layer having a set of primary fibers extending in a select direction that is a different direction from the set of primary fiber layers of an adjacent layer in the layer stack.

Techniques described here provide a rotor and a method of making a rotor. In an embodiment, a method of making a rotor includes forming a magnet array by assembling a plurality of magnets into the magnet array, providing pre-preg adjacent to the magnet array, co-curing the magnet array with the pre-preg, and magnetizing the magnet array subsequent to the formation of the magnet array.

In the present invention, junction capacitance is increased by stabilizing the junction capacitance of rotating electrodes such that a short circuit does not occur between the electrodes. Provided is a rotating electrode unit comprising a rotor electrode unit in which one or more rotor electrodes and one or more rotor spacers are alternately stacked, and a stator electrode unit in which one or more stator electrodes and one or more stator spacers are alternately stacked, wherein the rotating electrode unit is configured such that when the rotor electrodes are power transmitting electrodes, the stator electrodes are power receiving electrodes, when the rotor electrodes are power receiving electrodes, the stator electrodes are power transmitting electrodes, the rotor electrode unit and the stator electrode unit are combined in a nesting arrangement so as to be mutually rotatable, at least the outer peripheral section of the rotor electrodes is constituted by a member comprising a magnetic body, and the stator spacers have a magnet which attracts the outer peripheral section of the rotor electrodes via magnetic force.

A rotating electric device comprising: an outer stator (210) comprising an outer stator iron core (211) having a plurality of outer stator winding slots (213) formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction, and an outer winding (510) wound around an outer stator iron core tooth (218) relatively formed by a pair of outer stator winding slots (213) adjacent to each other; an inner stator (220) comprising an inner stator iron core (221) having a plurality of inner stator winding slots (223) formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction; and a rotor (300) having, between the outer stator (210) and the inner stator (220).

Disclosed are various embodiments for a new and improved electric motor/generator including a toroidal magnetic cylinder centered on the longitudinal axis, and a coil assembly including a first coil assembly support positioned within the toroidal magnetic cylinder, and a second coil assembly support positioned within the toroidal magnetic cylinder.

A system and method for perturbing a permanent magnet asymmetric field to move a body includes a rotating body configured to rotate about a rotation axis, a permanent magnet arrangement arranged on the rotating body containing two or more permanent magnets, and a perturbation element. The permanent magnet arrangement is configured such that an asymmetric magnetic field is generated by the permanent magnets about a perturbation point. Actuation of the perturbation element at or near the perturbation point causes a tangential magnetic force on the rotating body and/or the permanent magnet arrangement, thereby causing the rotating body to rotate about the rotation axis. The disclosure may also be used for linear motion of a body.

In an axial gap motor, a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a rotor base, and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a stator base, and coils wound around the stator cores. End faces of each of the rotor cores and end faces of the corresponding stator core are opposed to each other while being exposed to each other.

An axial gap motor is configured such that: a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed along the circumferential direction of a rotor pedestal, and a plurality of magnets; and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed along the circumferential direction of a stator pedestal, and coils wound around the stator cores. A first divided surface of each rotor core faces an N-pole of a corresponding magnet, and a second divided surface of the each rotor core faces an S-pole of a corresponding magnet. Respective divided surfaces of the rotor cores are placed to face respective divided surfaces of the stator cores across the magnets.